The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blinding Lights | The Weeknd |
| 2 | In Your Eyes | The Weeknd |
| 3 | Till I Hear It from You | The James Hunter Six |
| 4 | Say So | Doja Cat |
| 5 | Say Soc | Doja Cat |
| 6 | Heartless | The Weeknd |
| 7 | Me + You | Monica |
| 8 | Rolling | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 9 | Before I Let Go (Homecoming Live Bonus Track) | Beyoncé |
| 10 | Change | Mavis Staples |
| 11 | Best Thing | Inayah |
| 12 | Anything for You | Ledisi |
| 13 | Commitment | Monica |
| 14 | Can't Fight | Lianne La Havas |
| 15 | Talk | Khalid |
| 16 | Time Machine | Alicia Keys |
| 17 | Crazy Kind of Love (From "True to the Game 2") | Tamar Braxton |
| 18 | Up All Night | Khalid |
| 19 | You Are Not Alone | Emeli Sandé |
| 20 | Like That (feat. Gucci Mane) | Doja Cat |
| 21 | You | Nicole Bus |
| 22 | Work to Do | Marc Cohn |
| 23 | That Magic | India.Arie |
| 24 | SPIRIT (From Disney's "The Lion King") | Beyoncé |
| 25 | None for You | Lola Young |
| 26 | LOVE AGAIN | Daniel Caesar |
| 27 | Come Thru | Summer Walker |
| 28 | Prince | Prince |
| 29 | Sweeter (feat. Terrace Martin) | Leon Bridges |
| 30 | Triggered (freestyle) | Jhené Aiko |
| 31 | Temperature Rising | Tory Lanez |
| 32 | Between Us (feat. Snoh Aalegra) | dvsn |
| 33 | Dinosaur | Angie Stone |
| 34 | Make It Better | Anderson .Paak |
| 35 | Come Home | Anderson .Paak |
| 36 | Shade | Alex Lucero & Live Again |
| 37 | Heard It All Before | Dinah Jane |
| 38 | One I Got | Charlie Wilson |
| 39 | Strong Womxn (Stripped) | Poppy Ajudha |
| 40 | I Need Never Get Old | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 41 | Hero | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 42 | If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be) | Leon Bridges |
| 43 | Cabin Fever | Jaden |
| 44 | Wake Up Love (feat. Iman) | Teyana Taylor |
| 45 | Playing Games | Summer Walker |
| 46 | Turntables (from the Amazon Original Movie "All In: the Fight for Democracy") | Janelle Monae |
| 47 | U 2 Luv | Ne-Yo |
| 48 | My Way | Aloe Blacc |
| 49 | Greatest Love | Ciara |
| 50 | Take Care of You (feat. Syd) | Charlotte Day Wilson |
| 51 | Baby Mama (feat. Chance the Rapper) | Brandy |
| 52 | Back Home (feat. Summer Walker) | Trey Songz |
| 53 | With You | Mariah Carey |
| 54 | B.S. (feat. H.E.R.) | Jhené Aiko |
| 55 | Sparrow | Emeli Sandé |
| 56 | Invisible | Yuna |
| 57 | Testify | Robin Thicke |
| 58 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges |
| 59 | Bad Habits | Usher |
| 60 | Where is Our Love Song (feat. Gary Clark Jr.) | Stevie Wonder |
| 61 | Butterflies Pt. 2 | Queen Naija |
| 62 | Losers Weepers | Kaz Hawkins |
| 63 | Something Keeps Calling (feat. Rob Bacon) | Raphael Saadiq |
| 64 | Bittersweet | Lianne La Havas |
| 65 | Secret Garden (feat. Sisqó, Shawn Stockman & Raheem DeVaughn) | Omar Wilson |
| 66 | Miss Pitiful | Kaz Hawkins |
| 67 | I Don't Wanna Be Without You | The James Hunter Six |
| 68 | Something's Got a Hold on Me | Kaz Hawkins |
| 69 | Live out Your Love | Kem |
| 70 | Whoa | Snoh Aalegra |
| 71 | Damage | H.E.R. |
| 72 | Tell Mama | Kaz Hawkins |
| 73 | Rebellious Destroyer (feat. Branford Marsalis & Brandee Younger) | The Soul Rebels |
| 74 | Strange Fruit | Bettye LaVette |
| 75 | Missing in Action | The James Hunter Six |
| 76 | I Just Wanna Make Love to You | Kaz Hawkins |
| 77 | Agreeable | Cautious Clay |
| 78 | St Louis Blues | Kaz Hawkins |
| 79 | So Done | Alicia Keys |
| 80 | I Hold No Grudge | Bettye LaVette |
| 81 | Cross the Track | Maceo Parker |
| 82 | I Can Change Your Mind | The James Hunter Six |
| 83 | For What It's Worth | Billy Porter |
| 84 | EX | Kiana Ledé |
| 85 | Can't You See | Tomar and the Fcs |
| 86 | Rolling | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 87 | Spoonful | Kaz Hawkins |
| 88 | Whoa (feat. Pharrell Williams) [Remix] | Snoh Aalegra |
| 89 | Hold on Tight | Aloe Blacc |
| 90 | Security | Kaz Hawkins |
| 91 | Blind Girl | Kaz Hawkins |
| 92 | Save Your Tears | The Weeknd |
| 93 | At Last | Kaz Hawkins |
| 94 | Blues for the Weepers | Bettye LaVette |
| 95 | This is America | Childish Gambino |
| 96 | Get out and Get It | Devon Gilfillian |
| 97 | The Real Thing | SuCh |
| 98 | Things I Should've Said (Live in Nashville) | Louis York |
| 99 | Part of Me | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 100 | All About You | Leon Bridges |
| 101 | High to Low | Brent Cowles |
| 102 | Take Me with U | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 103 | Just Kissed My Baby | Maceo Parker |
| 104 | Rolling | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 105 | Different State of Mind | Laura Rain and the Caesars |
| 106 | No Guidance (feat. Drake) | Chris Brown |
| 107 | Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| 108 | 45 | Thomas Dybdahl |
| 109 | Lovely Day | Bill Withers |
| 110 | Black Qualls (feat. Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington & Childish Gambino) | Thundercat |
| 111 | I Had Some Money (But I Spent It) | Nick Waterhouse |
| 112 | The Weight | Aretha Franklin |
| 113 | Enough is Enough | Tomar and the Fcs |
| 114 | Slide Back (feat. PJ Morton & Julian Gosin) | The Soul Rebels |
| 115 | Look It Here | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 116 | Take Your Time | Tomar and the Fcs |
| 117 | The Walk | Mayer Hawthorne |
| 118 | Let Them Knock | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 119 | Redbone | Childish Gambino |
| 120 | Get Yourself Some | The Allergies |
| 121 | Hold Me | Joshua Henry |
| 122 | Take My Love (feat. Marietta Smith) | The Allergies |
| 123 | Don't Give Up on Me | Emma Donovan & The Putbacks |
| 124 | Do Right Woman, Do Right Man | Aretha Franklin |
| 125 | Stone Rollin' | Raphael Saadiq |
| 126 | Rock Steady | Maceo Parker |
| 127 | Blind Faith | Izo Fitzroy |
| 128 | So Ready | Raphael Saadiq |
| 129 | Good Morning Love (feat. Samora Pinderhughes) | Common |
| 130 | Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) [2019 Remaster] | Prince |
| 131 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 132 | S.O.B. | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 133 | Lost in a Dream | Tawiah |
| 134 | All in It Together | Mavis Staples |
| 135 | Easier Than This | Eleanor Underhill |
| 136 | Walk with Me | Joss Stone |
| 137 | Chances | Monophonics |
| 138 | Use Me | Bill Withers |
| 139 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin |
| 140 | Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin |
| 141 | Not Thinking About You | Fifty Dollar Friend |
| 142 | Innocence | Tomar and the Fcs |
| 143 | (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman | Aretha Franklin |
| 144 | Come Down | Anderson .Paak |
| 145 | Rock Steady | Aretha Franklin |
| 146 | Take Me Back (feat. Mr Woodnote) | The Allergies |
| 147 | Red Line | Izo Fitzroy |
| 148 | He's Your Could've Been | The James Hunter Six |
| 149 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 150 | Sweet Redemption | Hazel Miller |
| 151 | Take It As You Find It | The James Hunter Six |
| 152 | Smoke | Bassel & the Supernaturals |
| 153 | Keep the Love | Brooklyn Funk Essentials |
| 154 | Sabor Latino (feat. Trombone Shorty) | The Soul Rebels |
| 155 | Suffocating | Monophonics |
| 156 | Last One Standing | Monophonics |
| 157 | Yes We Can Can | Maceo Parker |
| 158 | Stanyan Street | Nick Waterhouse |
| 159 | When You Love Somebody | Leela James |
| 160 | Knock on Wood | Otis Redding |
| 161 | Mellow out | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 162 | What You Gonna Do | Mavis Staples |
| 163 | I'll Still Be True | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 164 | Stranger to My Happiness | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 165 | Moaning Blues | Hazel Miller |
| 166 | M a C E O | Maceo Parker |
| 167 | Spirit in the Dark | Aretha Franklin |
| 168 | The Thrill is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss) | Aretha Franklin |
| 169 | Border Song (Holy Moses) | Aretha Franklin |
| 170 | Who Told You That | Mavis Staples |
| 171 | All Good Things | Jon Cleary |
| 172 | Let It Be | Aretha Franklin |
| 173 | Tints (feat. Kendrick Lamar) | Anderson .Paak |
| 174 | Don't Even Believe in Love | Shelby Lynne |
| 175 | Take Me to the Good Times | The Suffers |
| 176 | Think | Aretha Franklin |
| 177 | Dancing in the Street | Martha Reeves & the Vandellas |
| 178 | Eleanor Rigby | Aretha Franklin |
| 179 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners |
| 180 | Nobody's Baby | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 181 | Hit, Git, Quit, Split | Jon Cleary |
| 182 | Love and Unity | The Burroughs |
| 183 | Right Place Wrong Time | Maceo Parker |
| 184 | Run for Your Life | Monophonics |
| 185 | This Land is Your Land | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 186 | No Time for Cryin' | Mavis Staples |
| 187 | Can You Get to That | Mavis Staples |
| 188 | Brother or Other | The James Hunter Six |
| 189 | Howling at Nothing | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 190 | Angel City, California | Vintage Trouble |
| 191 | Lonely Town, Lonely Street | Bill Withers |
| 192 | Who is He (And What is He to You)? | Bill Withers |
| 193 | Permission | Ro James |
| 194 | Love Man ( LP Version ) | Otis Redding |
| 195 | Morning in America | Durand Jones & The Indications |
| 196 | Worried Mind | Kyshona Armstrong |
| 197 | One More Song | Bettye LaVette |
| 198 | Why I Sing the Blues | Aretha Franklin |
| 199 | You're All I Need to Get by | Aretha Franklin |
| 200 | Sometime | Mavis Staples |
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